1 84 BACTERIOLOGY 



1 68. Bact. infecundum 



Bact.filiformis-Havaniensis Sternberg: Manual of Bacteriology, 1892,65a 



Morphology. Bacilli long, slender, 0.3 micron in diameter. 



Gelatin stab. Slight growth in depth ; no growth on the surface. 



Agar slant. Growth scanty, milky-white, branched. 



Potato. No growth. 



Pathogenesis. Non-pathogenic to rabbits and guinea pigs. 



Habitat. Isolated from liver of yellow fever cadaver. 



169. Bact. cadaveris Sternberg 



Manual of Bacteriology, 1892. 



Morphology. Bacilli 1.2 : 1.5-4.0 /x short filaments. Do not grow on 



gelatin. 

 Glycerin bouillon. Rendered acid ; no gas. 

 Pathogenesis. Guinea pigs, death with oedema by inoculation with a section 



of the liver containing the bacilli. 

 Habitat. Isolated from cadavers. 



170. Bact. pyogenes (Kruse) 



Bact. pyogenes-anaerobium Kruse: Fliigge, Die Mikroorganismen, 1896, 244. 



Morphology. Bacilli large. Do not grow below 22. Cause a stinking sup- 

 puration in rabbits. 

 Habitat. Isolated from stinking pus from a rabbit which died spontaneously. 



CLASS XII. WITH ENDOSPORES, AEROBIC AND FACULTATIVE 

 ANAEROBIC, RODS NOT SWOLLEN AT SPORULATION. DO NOT 

 GROW AT ROOM TEMPERATURES OR BELOW 22-25. 



I. Minimum temperature of growth 40-49; optimum temperature 6o-7o. 



THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA 



A. Spores placed at the ends of the rods, oval. 



1. Growth on potato white to gray. 



171. Bact. thermophilum, I (Rabinowitsch). 



172. Bad. therm ophilum, VII (Rabinowitsch). 



173. Bact. titer mophilum, VI (Rabinowitsch). 



2. Growth on potato brownish. 



174. Bact. thermophiluvu III (Rabinowitsch). 



175. Bact. thermophilum, V (Rabinowitsch). 



